TOPSIDE LAX RANKINGS

Brown

Brown Men's
Claim Team Follow
Record (W-L-T)
6-7-0
Verified Games
13
Avg Goal
Diff
-0.31
+
Strength
of Sched
11.47
=
Rating
11.16

Game History

13 Games
Apr 25 2026
VS Yale
L
13 - 14
1
Apr 18 2026
VS Penn
L
11 - 12
1
Apr 11 2026
VS Dartmouth
W
17 - 16
+1
Apr 04 2026
@ Harvard
L
10 - 12
2
Mar 28 2026
VS Princeton
L
14 - 20
6
Mar 21 2026
@ St. John's
W
13 - 8
+5
Mar 17 2026
VS UMass Lowell
W
13 - 6
+7
Mar 14 2026
@ Cornell
L
9 - 18
9 *
Mar 07 2026
@ North Carolina
L
7 - 19
12 *
Feb 28 2026
VS Bryant
W
17 - 6
+11 *
Feb 25 2026
VS UMass
L
8 - 11
3
Feb 21 2026
@ Providence
W
8 - 7
+1
Feb 14 2026
@ Fairfield
W
10 - 8
+2
* For ranking purposes, the goal differential is capped at +/- 7.

How the Rankings Work

The Formula: Rating = AGD + SCHED

1. Average Goal Differential (AGD)

This measures how well a team performs on the field. It is the average margin of victory across all verified games.

  • The Cap: To discourage running up the score, the maximum credit for any win is 7 goals. Winning by 20 counts the same as winning by 7.

2. Strength of Schedule (SCHED)

This measures the quality of a team's opponents. Beating a top-ranked team is worth more than beating a lower-ranked one.

  • Iterative Math: We run the math 15 times in a loop. In the first pass, everyone is equal. In the second pass, we see who beat who. By the 15th pass, the system knows exactly how strong every opponent is.
  • The Logic: If you play a team with a Rating of 10.0, your "Schedule Score" for that game is 10.0, regardless of whether you win or lose.
Why this matters: A team that wins every game by 10 goals against weak competition might have a lower rating than a team that loses close games to the best teams in the country.